Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1919 — Floyd Gibbons' Story. [ARTICLE]

Floyd Gibbons' Story.

Floyd Gibbons, the famous correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who lost an eye at the front, tells a good story of an American:. “I met a Kansas boy,” said Mr. GIV bons, “among troOps fighting in the Villers Cotteret forest, July 19. He was interviewing German prisohers. To one who appeared to be a rather superior type he addressed the question in German t~. “What outfit do you belong to?" TheiJanswer came proudly—-and in good English ; “I am of the atorm troops.” Tbe Kansan in khaki laughed and said? “Storm troops, hell. We come from Kansas. We’re cyclones.”